Activist Konstantin Kotov received four years in colony only for entering the protest rally Photo: Andrey Vasiliev/TASS For the week remaining before the elections, Moscow courts issued six cruel sentences to the defendants in Moscow case. The most important signal for the protest shares was sent today: 34-year-old programmer Konstantin Kotov received 4 years in the colony only for several times in a row over the past six months he went out in someone’s support on the streets.

Elections to the Moscow City Duma are already on Sunday, September 8. In the absence of real competition, they will become a test of Alexei Navalny's "smart voting", calling for voting for his chosen candidates from the "legal opposition". The candidates from the authorities and Navalny have one thing in common - their names say little even to politicized voters.

In four years, Yandex will start using unmanned vehicles for passenger transportation in megacities, writes TASS . The company cooperates with State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans, since the developed technology is applicable to any vehicle, said Artem Fokin, director of business development for unmanned vehicles at Yandex. This summer, Yandex introduced the first unmanned vehicle, designed together with the Korean Hyundai.

Fly Auto LLC filed a claim with the Moscow Arbitration Court against Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK) with demands for 1 billion rubles. The co-defendant is the Dozhd TV channel. The owner of the LLC is Leukhin Dmitry Borisovich from the city of Sarov. He is a member of the Business Security Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The amount coincides with the amount in the case that the TFR initiated against FBK under the article on money laundering.

Konstantin Kotov was sentenced to four years in a penal colony under the “Dadi” article (violation of the rules for holding a rally). This was reported by an Open Media correspondent from the courtroom. The prosecutor asked for 4.5 years in prison for Kotov.

Top manager of the United Engine Corporation (UEC) (a subsidiary of Rostec) Alexander Korshunov was detained in Italy. The United States accuses him of espionage, Fontanka writes . Details. Korshunov was detained on Monday, September 3, at the Naples airport after arriving from Moscow. Arrest warrant issued by US authorities. Korshunov is suspected of economic espionage while working as the Director of Marketing and Sales of the UEC. He held this position from 2009-2017.

On Thursday, the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) held a plenary session with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of India, Japan, Mongolia and Malaysia. What the main persons of the states promised to the population and each other is briefly described below. What did Putin say About the rallies.

The Investigative Committee has opened a third criminal case against the former minister of the "open government" Mikhail Abyzov - under the article on legalization or laundering of funds (Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code), Interfax writes . The amount in question is 30 billion rubles. Abyzov himself does not admit his guilt.

The Playrix company of Igor and Dmitry Bukhmanov became the third largest mobile gaming company in the world in terms of revenue. Alexander Derkach, the head of the marketing department of the company, wrote about this on his Facebook with reference to the August report of the analytical company AppAnnie. Details. The first two places in August were occupied by the Chinese giants Tencent and NetEase.

The sharp rise in quotations of Russia's richest company, Surgutneftegaz, is the result of speculators' actions, its head Vladimir Bogdanov said today. The first comment of the company brought down its quotes by almost 5%. Bogdanov, on the sidelines of the WEF, did not disclose details about the Rion subsidiary, the creation of which the market regarded as a sign that Surgutneftegaz's huge "jet" has begun investing in securities.

President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum, said that preferential mortgages at 2% for the Far East should start this year. Quote. "I agree to launch a special mortgage program in the region, according to which young families will be able to take out a loan to buy an apartment or house in the Far Eastern regions at only 2% per annum." The 2% rate will not be extended to other regions, the President stressed.

The state will create its own system for accounting users on the network The state wants to know exactly what sites citizens visit and what content they look at. The data existing on the market for them are too inaccurate - therefore, officials are discussing the idea of ​​creating their own state traffic accounting system, Vedomosti found out .

Only 26% of Russians believe the government's version that the Moscow protests were inspired by the West, but can this stop the State Duma and the Federation Council? Yesterday, two commissions, one in each chamber, discussed the issue of foreign interference and came to the conclusion that interference is in full swing, Kommersant writes . Details.

Billionaire Oleg Deripaska spoke for the first time after last year's sanctions at an international forum (WEF in Vladivostok) - and did not betray himself, again criticizing the Bank of Russia. In his opinion, two things are harming the Russian economy: the policies of the Central Bank and the quality of the judicial system. Quote. “In fact, we understand that there is no independent banking system in Russia.

The government wants to know exactly which websites citizens visit and what content they watch. The data available on the market is too inaccurate for them - so officials are discussing the idea of ​​​​creating their own state traffic accounting system, Vedomosti found out . Its main purpose is to record impressions of Russian video content, but the system can also be used to collect general data about the RuNet audience and to monitor advertising impressions for calculating taxes.